EST – ENERGY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Conference in Karlsruhe -

Plenary Lectures	Dr. Jean-François Minster	Senior Vice President of TOTAL S.A, Paris, France

	Bernard Salha	Director of Research and Development, EDF Paris, France
	Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Bruckner	Chair for Energy Management and Sustainability - University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
Renewable Energy
Solar thermal technology	Dr. Kai Wieghardt	Director at the Institute of Solar Research - DLR Jülich, Germany
Chemical and solar fuels	Prof. Stenbjörn Styring	Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory- Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
Water (Hydro, Wave, Tidal, Osmosis, ...)	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Riedelbauch	Director, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery, University of Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany
Availability and exploitation of renewable energy sources	Mrs. Dr. Berien Elbersen	Alterra Wageningen UR, Earth observation and environmental informatics Wageningen, Netherlands
Photovoltaic solar energy: technology, economy and applications	Prof. Dr. Wim C. Sinke	Manager Program Development, ECN Solar Energy Petten, Netherlands
Biomass - Advanced Gasification	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Sauer	Head of Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT) Karlsruher Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany
Geothermal energy systems	Prof. Dr. Ingo Sass	Institute of Applied Geosciences, University of Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany
Low grade energy utilisation	Prof. Cheng-Liang Chen	Director of Petrochemical Research Center, National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan
Wind	Prof. Dr. Stefan Emeis	Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK - IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany
Energy Efficiency
Fossil fuel power plants	Dr. Dirk Goldschmidt	Technology and Innovation, Siemens AG Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Nuclear power plants	Dr. Marco Streit	Research Department Nuclear Energy and Safety - Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen, Switzerland
Fusion Power	Lorne D. Horton	Head of JET Exploitation - EUROfusion Culham Science Centre Abingdon, United Kingdom
Energy efficient buildings and districts	Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Herkel	Head of “Building Energy Concepts” - Fraunhofer ISE Freiburg, Germany
Efficiency in heating and cooling	Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Martin Henning	Deputy Director - Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems - ISE Freiburg, Germany
Efficiency in lighting	Dr. Martin Zachau	Vize-President for Research & Innovation OSRAM AG Munich, Germany
Energy efficient magnetic materials	Prof. Dr. Ing. habil. Oliver Gutfleisch	Institute for Material Science, FG Funkctional Materials, Technical University Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany
Fuel Cells	Dr. Jens Tübke	Head of Department for Applied Electrochemistry - Fraunhofer Institut Chemische Technologie Pfinztal, Germany
Efficiency in transport and mobility	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kurt Kirsten	Leader Advance Development, APL Automobil-Prüftechnik Landau GmbH Landau, Germany
Thermoelectrics	PhD Gilles Dennler	Head of Energy and Environment Department - IMRA Europe Sophia Antipolis, France
Demand-siede strategies to reduce energy needs	Dr. Enrique Kremers	Team coordinator Intelligent Energy Systems, EIFER l European Institute for Energy Research Karlsruhe, Germany
Efficient industry and manufacturing processes	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. Albert Albers	Head of Institute - Institute of Product Engineeringat Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany
Systems, Storage and Grids
Electrochemical energy storage	Dr. Anji Reddy Munnangi	Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) Ulm, Germany
Chemical energy storage and synthetic fuels	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Turek	Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering, University of Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Chemical Energy Storage and SNG	Prof. Catrinus Jepma	Scientific Director EDGaR, Energy Delta Gas Research (EDGaR) Groningen, Netherlands
Chemical energy storage and synthetic fuels	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess	Chemical Engineering, University of Bayreuth Bayreuth, Germany
Mechanical storage of electric power	Adriano Milazzo	Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence Florence, Italy
Electric grids and network integration at all levels	Prof. Dr. ir. Johan Driesen	KU Leuven, Department Electrical Engineering, Research group Electrical Energy ESAT-Electa Heverlee, Belgium
ICT for controlling infrastructures	Prof. Dr. Hans-Arno Jacobsen (enquired)	Chair of Business Information Systems, University of Munich Munich, Germany
Capacitors and supercapacitors	Prof. Thierry Brousse	Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel-IMN UMR 6502 CNRS - University of Nantes Nantes, France
Conductor Materials	Dr. Michael Bäcker	Deutsche Nanoschicht GmbH Rheinbach, Germany
Energy systems analysis and modelling	Prof. Efstratios Pistikopoulos	Chair Professor - Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering Texas, USA
Thermal energy storage	Dr. Stefan Zunft	Institut of Energeering Thermodynamics, Thermal Process Technology, German Aerospace Center Stuttgart, Germany
Carbon Capture and Storage / Carbon Sequestration	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Epple	Institute of energy systems and technology, University of Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany

Karlsruhe
Convention Centre

Invited Speakers

Conference 2015

KIT

Karlsruhe Convention Centre

Invited Speakers

Conference 2015

KIT

Karlsruhe
Convention Centre